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1.2 Features
1.
Fan status monitoring and alarm:
To prevent system overheating
and damage, the CPU fan can be monitored for speed and failure.
The fan is set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.
2.
Temperature monitoring and alert:
To prevent system overheat-
ing and damage, the CPU card supports processor thermal sensing
and auto-protection.
3.
Voltage monitoring and alert:
System voltage levels are moni-
tored to ensure stable current flows to critical components. Voltage
specifications will become even more critical for processors of the
future. Thus monitoring will become ever more necessary to ensure
proper system configuration and management.
4.
ATX soft power switch:
Through the BIOS, the power button can
be defined as the "Standby" (aka "Suspend" or "Sleep") button or as
the "Soft-Off" button (see Section 3.7.8 Soft-off by PWR-BTN).
Regardless of the setting, pushing the power button for more than 4
seconds will enter the Soft-Off mode.
5.
Power-on by modem (requires modem):
This allows a computer
to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem.
Users can thus access information on their computers from any-
where in the world.
6.
Power-on by LAN:
This allows you to remotely power up your
system through your network by sending a wake-up frame or sig-
nal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/ download data to/
from systems during off-peak hours.
7.
Message LED:
Chassis LEDs now act as information providers.
The way a particular LED illuminates indicates the stage the com-
puter is in. A single glimpse provides useful information to the
user.
8.
CMOS RAM backup:
When BIOS CMOS setup has been com-
pleted, data in the CMOS RAM is automatically backed up to the
Flash ROM. This is particularly useful in industrial environments
which may cause soft errors. Upon such an error occurring, BIOS
will check the data, and automatically restore the original data for
booting.
Summary of Contents for PCA-6186
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Page 39: ...27 Chapter3 CHAPTER 3 Award BIOS Setup ...
Page 57: ...45 Chapter4 CHAPTER 4 Software Installation Utility ...
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Page 63: ...51 Chapter5 CHAPTER 5 VGA Setup ...
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Page 101: ...89 Chapter9 CHAPTER 9 Onboard Security Setup ...
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Page 111: ...99 AppendixA Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer ...
Page 121: ...109 AppendixB Appendix B I O Pin Assignments ...
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